EgyptAir flight goes off radar en route from Paris

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EgyptAir flight goes off radar en route from Paris

An EgyptAir flight on its way to Cairo from Paris went off radar Wednesday night, according to a tweet from the airline and from a journalist.

"An informed source at Egyptair stated that Flight no MS804, which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST), heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar," the tweet read.

There were 59 passengers on board and 10 crew members, according to the airline's Twitter feed. The aircraft disappeared after entering Egyptian airspace, according to EgyptAir.

The three-and-a-half hour flight left at 11:21 p.m. Paris time, more than half an hour after its scheduled departure of 10:45 p.m., according to the Flight Aware website. It was expected to arrive in Cairo at 2:55 a.m., 15 minutes after its scheduled arrival of 2:40 a.m., according to Flight Aware.

The airline said it would provide more details as they become available.

EgyptAir operates from a hub at Cairo International Airport and is based in Heliopolisk, Egypt. It offers passenger and freight services to more than 75 destinations.

EgyptAir flight goes off radar en route from Paris

[GS Ragtop]

[Fasglas]

[69camfrk]

Scarebus A320........

[GS Ragtop]

Too early to predict the cause, but experts are saying the high-altitude cruise segment of a flight is bar far the safest.

Waiting for ISIS to speak up...

[99 pewtercoupe]

Greece: EgyptAir flight abruptly swerves, vanishes over Mediterranean

Greek officials said Thursday that an EgyptAir flight that disappeared over the Mediterranean en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard apparently made two sharp turns then suddenly lost altitude before vanishing from radar.

There was no immediate word on where the plane went down or what might have caused it to drop out of the sky from an altitude of 37,000 feet.

Sherif Ismail, Egypt's prime minister, told reporters at Cairo airport that it was also too early to draw any conclusions about what caused the plane's disappearance. “We cannot rule anything out,” he said. He also said there was no "distress call."

[Mike Mercury]

from SkyNews:

Greek authorities searching for the missing aircraft have spotted two objects floating in the sea 50 miles southeast of the area where the plane dropped off radar - Defence source

[Rob]

Clearly it couldn't be a "refugee" that has done any of this

[Fasglas]

EgyptAir flight MS804 went into a 'sharp spin' and fell 22,000ft before vanishing from radar | Daily Mail Online

EgyptAir jet went into a 'sharp spin' and fell 22,000ft before vanishing from radar says Greek defence minister – as air safety chief says crash was 'almost certainly a terror attack'

MUCH more detail at link.

[Milton Fox]

[Mike Mercury]

"signs of possible wreckage have been found off the Greek island of Crete in the Mediterranean, according to a Greek military spokesman. "There have been finds southeast of Crete, inside the Cairo flight information area," general staff spokesman Vassilis Beletsiotis said, adding that an Egyptian C-130 plane had spotted the floating objects, and ships would be sent to investigate."

[Admiral Blue]

1. In before Mr. Vette says anything.

2. In before Mr. Vette is correct about what he will say.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Dixievet

Clearly it couldn't be a "refugee" that has done any of this

Wait. What? You mean other countries don't put illegal aliens with no papers on board commercial aircraft? Gee, I wonder why we do that then.

[Shrike6]

According to some reports, there were 3 sky marshalls aboard.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Shrike6

According to some reports, there were 3 sky marshalls aboard.

Obviously they are not effective against bombs or mechanical failure.

[Mike Mercury]

from SkyNews:

No claim of responsibility by any terror organisation yet.

But if terror, then focus will be on Charles de Gaulle airport. A major western hub. And the spotlight will again be on French security.

Debris found in the southern Mediterranean some 230 miles south of the island of Crete are pieces of plastic and two lifevests which appear to be from an aircraft.

[VITE1]

[Mike Mercury]

update:

BREAKING: Wreckage of the missing plane has been found near Greece's Karpathos Island, say Egyptian officials. Greek authorities tell the Egyptian embassy in Athens that blue and white debris has been found.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Admiral Blue

1. In before Mr. Vette says anything.

2. In before Mr. Vette is correct about what he will say.

Dunno, but from what I hear, my bet it's islam.....

[Fasglas]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Dunno, but from what I hear, my bet it's islam.....

Islam? The religion of piece?

"A piece here, a piece there, another somewhere else..."